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The mausoleum houses a total of 1398 casket spaces [2] that are distributed throughout three different types of rooms – single, pair and family rooms. [3] Crypts adorned with Italian marble are positioned next to the sea of coloured glass windows to allow the caskets to bathe under coloured lights throughout different times of the day. [ 3 ]
A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the burial chamber of a deceased person or people. A mausoleum without the person's remains is called a cenotaph. A mausoleum may be considered a type of tomb, or the tomb may be considered to be within the mausoleum.
At the centre of the mausoleum is an octagonal chamber lined with carved marble in which the remains of the Mughal Emperor rest in a crypt below a cenotaph. The interior of the tomb features a white-marble cenotaph inlaid with pietra dura in vegetal patterns, [ 10 ] as well as the 99 Names of Allah , [ 10 ] a common theme in Islamic mysticism .
The Mausoleum is lit by a glass skylight at the top of the dome. [11] This design was a compromise made between a more modest structure and a larger version with a colonnade. [ 8 ] This is also the case for the crypt, which Salucci had intended to be decorated with reliefs. [ 13 ]
Lewis Grigsby Crypt, Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, California [3] [4] John Gunckel Monument, Woodlawn Cemetery (Toledo, Ohio), Toledo, Ohio; Schoenhofen Mausoleum. Gwin Mausoleum, Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, California; Harms Family Mausoleum, Flower Hill Cemetery (North Bergen, New Jersey)
The perpetrators entered the cemetery under the cover of darkness and forced entry into a single crypt in a Colorado cemetery, authorities said. Thieves target a century-old crypt in Colorado, pry ...
A crypt (from Greek κρύπτη (kryptē) crypta "vault") is a stone chamber beneath the floor of a church or other building. It typically contains coffins , sarcophagi , or religious relics . Originally, crypts were typically found below the main apse of a church, such as at the Abbey of Saint-Germain en Auxerre , but were later located ...
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